Arcane Academy: The Divine Extraction Legacy

626 Dark Spell Models

"This is a Holy Smite?!" exclaimed Professor Gale as she sensed the sacred energy engulfing her body.

For others, this sensation might be comforting, but for a Dark Magician like her, it was the opposite.

Moreover, the scale of the spell could likely encompass the entire town, leaving no escape.

While she had prepared talismans and amulets to counter Holy Spells used by Holy Knights or Untainted Sentinels, they were only effective against spells like Sacred Fire, Sanctify, Holy Sword, or Radiance Spells—typical spells of Holy Arts Practitioners targeting Dark Magicians.

As for Holy Smite, she had a Magic Artifact prepared, but it proved insufficient against a spell of this magnitude. This level of power rivaled that of an Archbishop!

As the Holy Smite struck her, numerous thoughts raced through Gale's mind.

She knew that although there was a possibility that Vale was a Half-Spirit because of the talent he had shown in the Academy, he shouldn't have learned the Holy Arts together with the Dark Arts.

The two were fundamentally incompatible!

Given this, she could only conclude one thing about how Vale had acquired Holy Spells so rapidly.

"You betrayed the Dark Faction?!" she accused, feeling she had pieced together the puzzle.

Nevertheless, Vale remained concentrated, for controlling the Holy Smite was no easy feat. According to Magnus, the Holy Smite Spell was effective against Abyssal Demons, and using it against the Professor was part of his practice.

He didn't bother listening to the Professor's words at all!

"You! This will not be the end!"

Sensing her life force waning, Professor Gale's soul separated from her body before promptly leaving the battlefield.

"What? That's possible?!" Vale had no idea that Arcanists could actually control their souls and leave their bodies!

It might have been possible through a long ritual and guidance of the Spirit Realm, but Professor Gale was obviously unable to conduct a ritual to separate her soul!

She was even in the Holy Smite during the process!

Without any hesitation, Vale focused on his Magic Zone to sense the presence of Professor Gale's soul.

'Where is it?'

Vale used his Divine Sense, and other detection Spells, but he failed to find the soul!

However, he was sure that it was still inside his Magic Zone!

There was no way it could fly away so quickly!

Then, as he was busy doing this, three tenth-year students managed to escape from the Moonlight Specters!

'Tsk…' Vale couldn't be bothered by those small fries as he used his Presence Shift to appear in the sky to have a better look at the town…

He also wanted to use his Sacred Blessing Spell, hoping to get a reaction from the Professor's Soul, but before he could do so, Magnus sent a message through telepathy.

"Master Vale, I caught a soul that escaped from the town. It was trying to board our airship. I didn't destroy it since it might still be useful in one of the Puppet Research that I'm doing."

Vale fell silent as soon as he heard Magnus' report.

He really thought that Gale Evans' soul managed to escape from him!

"Ah? Is that true? I'm coming now!" Vale said as he looked at his destination before activating his Presence Shift.

As soon as he appeared on the airship's deck, Magnus welcomed him and showed him a bottle containing what seemed like a gentle blue flame in it.

"Is this a soul?" Vale asked, as this was the first time he had seen a soul in a glass bottle.

"You are right, Master. Souls differ from Spirits, so they have a different form. Souls get extinguished when they separate from their bodies for a long time, while Spirit can become a wandering one or be consumed by Evil Spirit." Magnus explained.

"Oh? Does it mean that this soul will die soon?" Vale asked.

"If we don't put it in a different vessel, it will perish in a few hours…"

"I see…" Vale contemplated for a while as he considered whether he should extract this soul.

However, considering how feeble it was, it might just disappear with a single extraction.

"I'm not well-versed in this matter. Can you use it in your Puppet Research?" Vale asked.

"I'm not familiar with the identity of this soul. However, if the person who had this soul had a strong mental will, then it would be very useful."

"Fine… You can have it."

"Thank you, Master… If you obtain Souls of Mind Controller, I might get better results. Please consider taking their souls if you encounter them."

"Ugh… It feels like you're talking about running an errand. That probably won't happen unless they cause trouble in our territory." Vale replied as he waved his hand…

After doing this, he returned to the tenth-year students who were caught by the Moonlight Specters.

'They didn't even kill a single Specter. Are they so weak, or were my Specters too strong?' Vale mused as he felt disappointed in these graduating students.

Although they received a backlash from his Spell Dispersion and had to fight against the Moonlight Specters… They should've at least defeated one of them!

The moonlight wasn't even up yet, so the Specters weren't at the peak of their strength!

Furthermore, these students should've learned Shadow Soldier and other spells.

Vale couldn't help but look down on them, but he had forgotten that their Phantasm State was cut off after receiving a backlash from his Spell Dispersion!

It means that when the Moonlight Specters manifested in front of them, they weren't able to use their Magic Zone to fight and could only rely on their Magic Artifacts in that short duration!

In the end, they weren't able to defend themselves until they could enter their Phantasm State again.

Nonetheless, Vale extracted all of them and received an unexpected result in his harvest!

He extracted their Darkness Manipulation, Light Absorption, and Create Shadow Soldier, pushing them to the Perfect Realm!

'Right… I can actually do this.' Vale's eyes lit up as he realized that the Dark Arts Practitioners could also become his target!